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Red Hood Calls for Industry Response to Tragedy

Raffi on CBC Business Show - Lang & O'Leary Exchange

Internet Safety

RAFFI Concerts - Media

My Dear Kavna: A Whale of a Love Story

Raffi Remembers Kavna - the Beluga Whale

Raffi's #belugagrads - Concerts

The Environment Is Dead: Long live Mother Nature

My Pete Seeger Spring: A visit to say thanks

ON HOCKEY DAYS Raffi video now on YouTube

On Hockey Days - released on iTunes!

Raffi to receive the Queen Elizabeth ll Diamond Jubilee Medal

Raffi at TEDxVictoria - Respecting Earth & Child: Connecting the dots

Raffi's Blog on Hockey, Kids & Canada

My Drawing Our World Project - Launches video

Layton's "Letter to a Nation" honoured in song by Raffi

Raffi offers support, advice for Occupy protesters

Raffi Receives Honourary Degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario

Speaker Series: Annie Leonard 3pm at Community Gospel Chapel, Salt Spring Island

Raffi to Receive Honourary Degree from Wilfrid Laurier University

NEW! 20th Anniversary Edition of Evergreen Everblue is now available

Raffi sends his love and support for the children & Families in Japan

Raffi Urges Young Canadians to Vote!

Tweet Me Right (The Cairo Tango)

Ecologik—For Egypt And Our World

Concern over toxic BPA in cash receipt rolls...

Canada needs a National Children's Commissioner

Cairo Sunshine All Around

Singing In The Rain

The Right To A Future

Raffi Co-authors Op Ed

Holiday Message

Calling all Beluga Grads!

Nov 20th is Universal Children's Day!

The Child Honouring Book - Now Available

October, 2010 Newsletter

Child Honouring - Paperback edition

Pediatric Society Award

Plea and Proclamation Update

Design for Change Contest

Spring Newsletter 2010

News & Updates

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LIGHTWEB DARKWEB
Three Reasons To Reform Social Media Before It Re-Forms Us
Raffi Cavoukian ~  © Homeland Press (2013)

Lightweb Darkweb makes the case for the critical need to reform social media, especially for young users. Its author, Raffi Cavoukian, the renowned singer, Raffi, is also a writer, systems thinker, and founder of the Centre For Child Honouring. He offers three reasons for social media reform: safety, intelligence, and sustainability. A response to the suicide of Vancouver teen Amanda Todd after years of online harassment, and dedicated to her, Lightweb Darkweb is a call for sanity in the digital age:

  • social media providers must make systemic changes for young users safety
  • parents need to regulate their kids’ screen time and social media use
  • society can optimize the benefits of the Internet only by reducing its shadow of social, ecological and health hazards.

Lightweb Darkweb highlights children’s developmental needs as a key missing consideration in the digital revolution. The result is a much-needed book for our times.

For millions of fans, Raffi’s music was the soundtrack of their childhood. These “beluga grads” now share his songs with their own kids. Raffi has been described by the Washington Post and the Toronto Star as the most popular children’s entertainer in the western world, and Canada’s all time children’s champion. Raffi is a tech enthusiast, entrepreneur, and ecology advocate. He holds three honorary degrees, is the recipient of numerous awards, and is a Member of the Order of Canada and the Club of Budapest.

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